The Department of Transportation is inconsistent.
Last week the Ministry of Transportation was considering closing the subway Palma in summer to address the economic crisis, was justified by limited users.
On December 29, 2008, Antoni Verger, Director General of Transportation, stated that the underground Palma was not sustainable because only a year had 2 million users and needed 20 million annual passengers that could be maintained .
The same members of the Balearic Government have no problem on reopening a railway the Arta, which is not expected to reach the 500,000 passengers a year, according to the Plan of rail transport.
If the line has the seasonality of the summer because students are out of UIB, railway line Arta, not yet reaching the tourist areas, is the seasonality of winter, there is less tourism in the area Llevant.
Alternative to Rail Association wants to point out these contradictions by the Ministry of Transportation. It is incongruous that the same people who argue that a railway with 2 million passengers is not sustainable decide to reopen a railway with only 500,000 passengers of potential demand.
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